Overloading


I have given the meaning of OVERLOADING by taking this game as an example.
The move 12.Nd6+ Overloads the black Bishop (Now he has to defend 2 or more seperate threats)and it unpins the c3 Knight (in order to remove King from check and queen from the attack). As a result, c3 Knight takes the Queen.
If a piece has to defend 2 or more attacks then that piece is called OVERLOADED PIECE and that position is termed as OVERLOADING POSITION.

Its where one piece cant defend against 2 seperate threats at once. For example blacks bishop had to guard Nd6+, and keep whites knight pinned to stop Nxe4, but it couldnt stop both threats and as a result he lost his queen.

Thanks, I usually call this sort of thing a double attack or something, i havent studied termonology etc.